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Standards Link: Spelling: Spell grade
appropriate words correctly in context.
How many of the following
things can you find on the
front page of your newspaper?
If it's happening in town, it's
in the local news section.
ACTIVITY: Reporter Bob
Deletekey misspelled 10
words in this article. Circle
and correct them. Write the
words, spelled correctly, on
another sheet of paper.
DOWNTOWN – Mayor Alice
Brandt said today that she espects
a large corwd at this weekend's
Spring Festival.
"Everyone is lokking forward to
it," Brandt said. "Our hotels are
completely fliled with people
from as far away as New York
Ctiy."
Last year's Festival attracted mor
than 30,000 peeple. They injoyed
activities such as the Foor-Leaf
Clover 5K Run and the Arpil
Showers Dance.
How many times can you
find and circle the name
of your town in today's
newspaper?
What's your favorite sport?
Read all about it in the sports
section of the newspaper.
Read each game description.
Then, draw a line from
the ball to the article
that describes that sport.
Look at a sports page in
your newspaper. Find
and circle as many of the
words at right as you can
in three minutes. GO!
Jackson
threw
a
high
curve
ball,
which
Hernandez
hit
to
center
field
for
a
double.
However,
Jackson
struck
out
the
next
three
batters,
leaving
the
score
tied
in
the
eighth
inning.
Later
in
the
game,
umpires
rul
Whittington
scored
12
points
in
the
first
period.
She
assisted
in
two
rebounds
later
in
the
game.
At
the
buzzer,
her
last
basket
was
a
wild
shot
from
half
court
that
somehow
hit
the
backboard
and
fell
through
the
hoop.
Quarterback
Troy
Greene
threw
an
interception
late
in
the
fourth
quarter
that
gave
State
College
a
chance
to
score
a
field
goal
and
take
a
10-7
lead.
The stories the editor thinks are the
most important and interesting stories
of the day are found on the front page
of the newspaper.
• Price of this newspaper
• Some good news
• Name of this newspaper
• Some bad news
• The name of a city you know
• The index
• A news photo
How well do YOU know
your newspaper?
I'm your tour guide,
Reed Newsome, and
today we'll explore
the newspaper.
When
we're done,
you'll be
an ocial
News
Navigator!
Standards Link: Research: Understand the organization of
newspapers and how to use print material.
Standards Link: Research: Understand
the organization of newspapers and how
to use print material.
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension:
Identify answers in text.
Imagine you won $1,000 in a contest. Look through the newspaper
ads to see how many things you can buy. Make a list of things you
WANT and things you NEED. Which list has more items?
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